Compare Content Types

Overview

With Pods, you can choose from a variety of content types to create and extend in WordPress. It’s important to know what your choices are, and to make the best decision based on your needs.

Pods lets you create new Post Types and Taxonomies, or extend any existing content type in WordPress including Post Types, Taxonomies, Media, Users, and Comments. Pods may not support every feature WP builds in by default, but that doesn’t stop you from baking it in based on your needs. With Advanced Pods, you get a base content type and add the fields and features you want without the features you don’t need.

Even if you aren’t going to use Pods, this comparison is worth a look as it may be the first full comparison between the them all.

Compare WordPress Content Types

This comparison shows the different types of content in WordPress itself. It includes two additional columns: Advanced Content Types for our table-based Pods and Extended Pods for any content type you choose to extend with Pods.

FEATUREPOST TYPESTAXONOMYMEDIAUSERSCOMMENTSADVANCED CONTENT TYPESEXTENDED PODS
Custom Fields
WYSIWYG
ExcerptsPost Types
Featured ImageThere are image sizes for media, not a separate featured imagePost Types
RelationshipsPosts, Media, and TermsTerms (parent / child) and Posts (related on the Post’s sidePosts (and Terms but requires code to enable)Posts (related on the post side)PostsAny item from any content typeAny item from any content type
FormatsPost Types
Status WorkflowPost Types and Comments
VisibilityPost Types
SchedulingPost Types
TrashPost Types and Comments
PreviewPost Types
CommentsN/APost Types
RevisionsPost Types
ArchivesPost Types, Taxonomies, and Users
SearchPost Types
TrackbacksPost Types
Top Level Admin MenuTaxonomies only show up in the associated Post Type’s menu
Add to Navigation MenusPost Types and Taxonomies
GalleriesN/APost Types
Table-based StorageOptional
Ability to create a separate Custom Admin UI
Example ScenariosHouses, Bake Sales, EventsColors, Ingredients, RegionsGalleriesAuthors, Profiles, LawyersReviews, RatingsAdvanced Pods are like a blank slate, you add to them what you want them to do

More Documentation on this Topic

Other Helpful Documentation on Creating & Editing Pods

Add New Pods [Pods Admin]

Explains the Add New Pods Wizard which allows you to create new Custom Content Types or Extend Existing ones.

Creating a Custom Post Type [CPT]

Creating a Custom Settings Page

Create a Custom Setting Page for storing information that can be entered once and used everywhere on your site.

Creating a Custom Taxonomy

Explains how to create and manage your Custom Taxonomy within Pods Admin.

Extend Existing Post Types, Taxonomies or WP Objects

Within the Pods Admin, you can Extend Existing Custom Post Types & Taxonomies created by other plugins, or you can extend WordPress Objects like Users, Media, Categories or Tags.

Meta vs. Table Storage

In most cases, you don’t really need to think about the storage type you choose when creating a Pod. But if you’re curious as to what the differences are, this comparison is for you. Note: We’re going to be re-running the tests below against latest version of MySQL soon, let us know if you’d like …

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